Virginia Tech travels to NC State on Thursday night and then returns to Thompson Field on Sunday in a pair of key ACC matches. The NC State match begins at 7 p.m. in Raleigh and will be shown on ESPN3. The Syracuse home match begins at 1 p.m. at Thompson Field and will also be broadcast by ESPN3.

Entering This Weekend’s Matches

The Hokies enter the matches 8-1-1 overall and 0-1 in conference action... NC State is 4-6 on the season and 0-1 in ACC play ... Syracuse entered Thursday night’s match at UNC 4-5-1 overall and 0-1 in ACC action ... Tech is ranked 10th in the NSCAA poll and 12 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com poll.

Last Time Out: No. 3 UNC 2, No. 9 VT 1

The Hokies dropped a close match to North Carolina, 2-1, at Thompson Field on Saturday night ... Murielle Tiernan tied the match early in the second half, but the Tar Heels scored in the 61st minute en route to the win ... It was the conference opener for each team.

Murielle is the Tops!

Virginia Tech junior forward, Murielle Tiernan, scored Tech’s second goal of the Longwood match and in doing so, recorded her 30th career goal ... She now has 32 career goals ... That puts her alone in first place on the Virginia Tech all-time goals list ... In the loss to No. 3 UNC, Tiernan scored her 32nd goal and in doing so, set a new school record for career points, with 77.

Ashley’s Not Far Behind

Virginia Tech senior midfielder, Ashley Meier, scored her 28th career goal in Tech’s win over Davidson ... That puts her alone in third place on the Virginia Tech all-time goals list ... She enters Thursday’s match tied with former teammate Shannon Mayrose for fourth place in career points, with 67 ... Meier has 164 career shots, sixth place on Virginia Tech’s all-time list.

The Hokies vs. NC State

The Hokies are 8-4 all-time against NC State and have won the last seven meetings in the series ... Tech won the last meeting, 4-1, in Raleigh in 2013 ... Tech is 5-2 in road games in the series and is 3-0 against the Wolfpack under Chugger Adair ... The Hokies are 8-2 in ACC games against NC State ... Tech is 46-78-15 all-time against schools currently in the ACC and 40-60-12 in ACC games.

The Hokies vs. Syracuse

The Hokies are 3-2 all-time against Syracuse and have won the last two meetings ... Tech won the last meeting, 5-0, in Syracuse last season ... Tech is 2-0 in home games in the series and is 2-0 against the Orange under Chugger Adair ... The Hokies are 2-0 in ACC matches against Syracuse ... Tech is 46-78-15 all-time against schools currently in the ACC and 40-60-12 in ACC games (entering the NC State match).

Chugging Right Along

Virginia Tech head coach, Charles “Chugger” Adair, is now in his fifth season in charge of the Hokies ... He has a 70-26-6 overall record (.716) and a 22-19-3 record in ACC competition (.534) ... A full bio is available on page 3 of this release.

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